Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: HEFFINGTON, JOHN M

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2145 2172 2177 2179

This examiner grants 40% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

39.8%
Allow Rate
-15.2% vs TC avg
475
Total Applications
+30.7%
Interview Lift
1864
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 435 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.4%
§102 Novelty
65.1%
§103 Obviousness
5.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16836797 EXPRESSIVE USER ICONS IN A MAP-BASED MESSAGING SYSTEM INTERFACE Non-Final OA Snap Inc.
17536390 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR Final Rejection BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
16754710 Notification Handling Method and Electronic Device Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co. , Ltd.
17209782 Model Decisions Based On Speculative Execution Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
17595197 MACHINE LEARNING TECHNICS WITH SYSTEM IN THE LOOP FOR OIL & GAS TELEMETRY SYSTEMS Final Rejection ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITED
17347205 AUTOMATED FINE-TUNING AND DEPLOYMENT OF PRE-TRAINED DEEP LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
17793410 EQUIPMENT SERVER, DEVICE SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MESSAGE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17049032 CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
17645122 DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Optum Services (Ireland) Limited
18345244 QUANTUM ALGORITHM ASSISTANT Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17644900 SHIELDED SUPERCONDUCTING QUBIT WITH IMPROVED COHERENCE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
15885498 FEEDBACK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT PLANNING Final Rejection Varian Medical Systems International AG

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